Matthew 19:7 KJV
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
Matthew 19:7, King James Version
In context
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
- Matthew 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: